Advanced Television

Mobile

India: Netflix, Jio hold partnership talks

Reports out of India suggest that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has held talks with India’s fast-growing 4G cellular network operator Reliance Jio. The reports suggest that Netflix is targeting a potential 100 million subscribers in India, and that Reliance Jio’s existing 160+ million subscribers could fast-track that ambition. A deal has not been done, but […]

April 6, 2018By Chris Forrester

Analyst: US video entertainment spend declines

New consumer research from Parks Associates shows that US broadband households report their average monthly expenditure on video entertainment outside of a pay-TV subscription has dropped from $29 in the past two years to $23 in the last half of 2017. The research firm notes spending on Internet video has held steady at roughly $9 […]

April 6, 2018

Grand National 2018 mobile betting to break records

With an estimated two-thirds of Britain’s adult population betting on this year’s race, Ooyala is predicting a record year for bets placed via mobile phone. Jim O’Neill, Principal Analyst at Ooyala, commented: “The Grand National remains the most valuable jump race in Europe with a prize fund of £1 million but even this historic event […]

April 6, 2018

UK spectrum auction raises £1.35bn

UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the outcome of the principal stage of its auction to release airwaves for 4G mobile and future 5G services. It has been running an auction of spectrum in two frequency bands: 2.3 GHz, which is usable by current mobile phones and will help improve 4G capacity for today’s mobile […]

April 5, 2018By Colin Mann

BARB confirms multiscreen measurement

The UK’s Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) has revealed the next stage of Project Dovetail, which has the objective of delivering total reach of programme and commercial audiences across multiple screens. The rise of online delivery of programmes and commercials has been a catalyst for Project Dovetail. Dealing with audience fragmentation has been an aspect […]

April 5, 2018

Report: US cellular industry major economic contributor

The US wireless [celluar] industry contributes $475 billion (€387bn) annually to America’s economy and supports 4.7 million jobs, according to a new report commissioned by US wireless communications industry trade body the CTIA. The analysis, developed by professional services company Accenture, finds that the US wireless industry accounts for 2.6 per cent of total US […]

April 5, 2018

Japan: 4G, fibre & IPTV drive telco and pay-TV market

Driven by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV, the total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.2 per cent over the forecast period of 2017-2022, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. With a total of 168 million subscriptions in 2017, the Japanese mobile […]

April 4, 2018

Cable Europe calls for streamlined copyright clearance

European broadband cable industry trade body Cable Europe has warned that cable operators may not be able to provide the full range of portability services permissible from April 1st because of the complexities surrounding copyright clearance for ‘online’ content. Cable Europe welcomes the move which it suggests will enable European consumers to reap the benefits […]

April 3, 2018By Colin Mann

ESPN+ to launch April 12

ESPN+, the upcoming direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International in partnership with ESPN and featuring ESPN branded content, will launch on April 12th and offer fans what the broadcaster describes as a “dynamic” lineup of live sports, original content and an “unmatched” library of award-winning on-demand programming for a subscription price of […]

April 3, 2018

Mobile subs in Europe reached 1.05bn in Q4 2017

According to Dataxis’s quarterly update, the mobile subscribers growth in Europe remains almost flat. In the fourth quarter of 2017, mobile subscribers in Europe reached 1.05 billion from compared to 1.04 billion (1040 million) for the same quarter in 2016, with a compound annual growth (CAGR) of 0.1 per cent. The top 10 countries are […]

March 29, 2018